... THE ASSOCIATION A PROPOSAL. SIR,--To a large extent I agree with your correspondent, E. Edmonds, but I cannot for the life of me see how it all is to be brought about. That no one should be permitted to become a member of the A. A. unless he or she is capable of earning at least £2 a week seems a capital idea. It would keep the association one of actors. and free it from tha novices. But to ...

... . A DISAGREEMENT Sir, In the last issue of Thb Stage of Dec. 5 Mr. Bruce states that 1 am Business Manager only for The Turn Hussars, and I get my salary and com mission. Now, to prevent any mistakes, will you kindly allow me to inform him by my last agreement with him I am to have the option (in writing) of booking anything he may migrate in, in the way of travelling playa. And I must ...

... A HAMLET INCONGRUITY? Sir, There is a lino in Hamlet which, being a contradiction, deserves some little regard. Publio criticism has not, to my knowlodge, beau directed thereto. In act throe, scaue one, ocours the soliloquy, To bo or not to be. The 24th line reads thus The undiscovered country from whoso bourne no traveller returns. I submit that this lino is in direct opposition to the ...

... SIR,--I have watched with great interest the letters' in your valuable paper on this subject, which I hope will not be allowed to drop out of sight until, like the Actors' Association--inaugurated by you, I believe--the scenic artists also band themselves together into an association. I am surprised none of the London artists has come forward with offers ot assistance in tills matter. In ...

... Sir, Mr, I\ Allan Laidlaw hint, in hi, letter on this subject that somo of the old Surrey dramas which wore played under the Creswick and Shepherd rigime deserv. to be revived. Among those it may be recallod wa. The Home Wreck, by Stirling Coyne (founded on Tounyson'e Enoch Arden which was revived at tho Holborn during the snrincr season of 1873. with Mr. Oreswick in his original part.-- Yours ...

... CHECKTAKERS AND TRAVELLING MANAGERS. SIR,--Should the travelling-manager provide his own checktakers for the popular parts of the theatre? By all means he should, say I. The local manager, whose character, in common with that of his money-takers, should be like that of Caesar's wife, above suspicion, has a perfect right to insist upon this for the sake of his own banking account as well ...

... ANSWERING LETTERS. Sir, In my letter to you on July 8 I cer tainly did not mean to infer that I expected an answer to every letter I wrote to a mana ger, as your correspondent 44Comodian states. Far from it and as to being a mana ger myself, well, I have been. What moved me principally to writ'j wan the non-return of photographs, and espe cially the following, viz., I have written to several ...

... Sir,-- Soms of your readsrs may remember that in a letter on the above subject I mentioned having seen a cloth representing Windsor Castle put 011 by a provincial manager to do duty for the Gardens of the a wsll -known French palace. It may therefore interest you to learn that the manager I referred to is this week engaging asc^uic artist. This, of curse, is only a small matter; but we may ...

... ANSWERING LETTERS. SIR,--I can most heartily sympathizo with your last woek's correspondent, Actor, for I have had a very similar experience. 1 have written daring the last tew months scores and scores of letters to managers, both touring and resident, in all cases en closing stamped envelope for reply, whether sending a photo or not, aud it' I had not been treated so badly myself i could ...

... Sir, I was amused by reading in your last week's issue a letter from a gentleman who chooses the nom de plume Actor. H appears to bo groatly upset by what ho considers incivility on the part of managers in not replying to his numerous correspon dents. As I presume he writes of his own free will, my opinion is his troubles can be sumrasd up in a few words, viz., the mana gers have no ...

... Sir,--On reading the correspondence in your last issue evoked by Mr. Edmonds's letter, it seems to me that no one has touched upon the really vital part of the question, The premium-paying gentleman who acts for nothing--and is worth it-- has been attacked from all sides, and many schemes suggested for his effacement. But I don't.. think any of your correspondents hava thoroughly grasped the ...

... THE LATE EVELYN WARD. Sir,--With your usual courtesy will you kindly allow me space to relate the few facts to hand as I write re the terribly tragic end of poor Evelyn Ward, my esteemed brother-in-law and sincere friend. He arrived, apparently in the best of health, in Huddersfield from Oldham on business of Sir Augustus Harris's Derby Winner pany, all of which he transacted before retir ...